1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits selectively the mitogenic stimulation of mouse medullary thymocytes.

abstract：:A two fold stimulation in the incorporation of [3H-methyl] groups from [3H-methyl] methionine into phospholipids was seen in intact pancreatic islets within six minutes of exposure to a glucose concentration that stimulates insulin release. Nonstimulatory sugars, L-glucose and D-galactose, as well as dibutyryl cAMP, d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kowluru A,Rana RS,MacDonald MJ

更新日期：1984-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are used as a treatment for a variety of conditions and hypertension is a well-recognized side effect of their use. The mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced hypertension is incompletely understood and has traditionally been attributed to promiscuous activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor by cortis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Goodwin JE,Zhang J,Velazquez H,Geller DS

更新日期：2010-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The PCR analysis followed by sequence alignment showed that both the mineralocorticoid receptor (MCR) and the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) genes were expressed in the human vascular endothelial cell line (ECV). The growth and multiplication of the ECV in culture were influenced by both aldosterone and the MCR-spec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Golestaneh N,Klein C,Valamanesh F,Suarez G,Agarwal MK,Mirshahi M

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculovirus p35 belongs to the early class of genes of AcMNPV and requires viral factors like Immediate Early protein-1 for its transcription. To investigate the role of host factors in regulating p35 gene expression, the putative transcription factor binding sites were examined in silico and the role of these factors...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mohareer K,Sahdev S,Hasnain SE

更新日期：2011-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently isolated a rat homologue of the Caenorrhabditis elegans lin-10 product. Although rat lin-10 is expressed in the cytosol and membrane fractions of various tissues, it is distributed only in the membrane fraction in brain where it is enriched in the synaptic plasma membrane and postsynaptic density frac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ide N,Hata Y,Hirao K,Irie M,Deguchi M,Yao I,Satoh A,Wada M,Takahashi K,Nakanishi H,Takai Y

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish have high regenerative ability in several organs including the fin. Although various mechanisms underlying fin regeneration have been revealed, some mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Recently, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been the focus of research with regard to their role in cell-to-cell communicati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohgo S,Sakamoto T,Nakajima W,Matsunaga S,Wada N

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:PARP1 is an important enzyme involved in various patho-physiological phenomena such as ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, which occurs when blood flow is restored after cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction and transplantation of various organs. I/R-induced PARP1 over-activation is mediated by production of react...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagai W,Okita N,Matsumoto H,Okado H,Oku M,Higami Y

更新日期：2012-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) exists as two isoforms. In endothelial cells, the induction of COX (COX-2) elicited by endotoxin or inflammatory cytokines is mediated by tyrosine kinase. Here we have investigated whether the induction of COX-2 elicited by IL-1beta in human pulmonary epithelial cells (A549) is mediated by tyrosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akarasereenont P,Thiemermann C

更新日期：1996-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin produced by the pineal gland suppresses inflammatory responses in innate immune cells. However, the mechanism of how melatonin affects inflammatory gene regulation remains unclear. Here we performed comprehensive microarray analysis combined with transcription factor binding site (TFBS) analysis using LPS-in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kadena M,Kumagai Y,Vandenbon A,Matsushima H,Fukamachi H,Maruta N,Kataoka H,Arimoto T,Morisaki H,Funatsu T,Kuwata H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability and catalytic efficacy of the L-2-haloacid dehalogenase isolated from Azotobacter sp. RC26 were studied after immobilisation on a DEAE Sephacel solid matrix. While the optimum temperature for the soluble dehalogenase falls in the range of 30-40 degrees C, the activity of the immobilised enzyme shows a fo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Diez A,Prieto MI,Alvarez MJ,Bautista JM,Garrido J,Puyet A

更新日期：1996-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate how co-treatment of low-dose staurosporine (STS) and TGF-beta1, which alone have little effect on cell death, markedly induces apoptosis in Mv1Lu mink lung epithelial cells, but not in its clonal variant R1B cells lacking functional TGF-beta signaling. This process was associated with mitochondria-depen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju EM,Choi KC,Hong SH,Lee CH,Kim BC,Kim SJ,Kim IH,Park SH

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremophilic bacterium well-known for its extraordinary resistance to ionizing radiation and other DNA damage- and oxidative stress-generating agents. In addition to its efficient DNA damage repair and oxidative stress resistance mechanisms, protein family expansions and stress-induced g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang J,Zhao L,Seo HS,Jung JH,Choi JI,Kim MK,Lim S

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prostatic acid phosphatase (hPAP) is intensely expressed in epithelial cells of the prostate gland following puberty. Its regulatory regions were analyzed in transgenic mice and cell line transfections, in order to clarify the mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression. A construct containing the sequence of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shan J,Porvari K,Kivinen A,Patrikainen L,Halmekytö M,Jänne J,Vihko P

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporin accumulation was reduced by 50% or more in multidrug- resistant CHRC5 CHO cells with high levels of P-glycoprotein expression compared to drug sensitive AuxB1 CHO cells. This difference could be overcome by verapamil which is known to interact with P-glycoprotein and reverse multidrug resistance. The diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Goldberg H,Ling V,Wong PY,Skorecki K

更新日期：1988-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been extensively investigated for their applications in regenerative medicine. Successful use of MSCs in cell-based therapies will rely on the ability to effectively identify their properties and functions with a relatively non-destructive methodology. In this study, we measured the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kihara T,Haghparast SM,Shimizu Y,Yuba S,Miyake J

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA encoding the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor. The deduced amino acid sequence (678 residues) containing seven putative transmembrane segments which displays sequence similarity to G protein-coupled receptors. The receptor consists of 359 residue extracellular domain wh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minegishi T,Nakamura K,Takakura Y,Ibuki Y,Igarashi M,Minegish T corrected to Minegishi T

更新日期：1991-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the gene coding for connexin26 (Cx26) is the most common cause of human nonsyndromic hereditary deafness. To investigate deafness mechanisms underlying Cx26 null mutations, we generated three independent lines of conditional Cx26 null mice. Cell differentiation and gross cochlear morphology at birth seeme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Chang Q,Tang W,Sun Y,Zhou B,Li H,Lin X

更新日期：2009-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal transport of mitochondria is a microtubule-associated movement. Microtubule-mitochondria interactions were studied in vitro using organelles isolated from rat brain. Thanks to the ligand blotting method we were able to show two mitochondrial membrane proteins with apparent molecular masses of 30 kDa and 60 kDa ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rendon A,Filliol D,Jancsik V

更新日期：1987-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a potent mesenchymal cell mitogen and chemoattractant involved in the pathogenesis of fibroproliferative diseases. There are four known PDGF ligand isoforms designated A-D, two of which, C and D, were only recently discovered. We have identified a splicing variant in the PDGF-D...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhuo Y,Hoyle GW,Zhang J,Morris G,Lasky JA

更新日期：2003-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies of the reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ferricytochrome c551 by Fe(EDTA)2- have been made. The reaction was found to follow a second-order rate law: k 4.2 x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1) [25 degrees, micro0.1 M, pH 7.0 (phosphate)]; deltaH+/+ 3.2 kcal/ mol; AS+/+ -30 cal/mol-deg. The electrostatics-corrected se...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coyle CL,Gray HB

更新日期：1976-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Although proteins are generally composed of l-alpha-amino acids, biologically uncommon D-beta-aspartic acid (Asp)-containing proteins have been reported in various tissues from elderly individuals. Our previous study indicated that the N/N1003A cell line, derived from rabbit lens, includes D-beta-Asp-containing protei...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takata T,Shimo-Oka T,Miki K,Fujii N

更新日期：2005-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Linoleic acid, an omega-6 unsaturated fatty acid, stimulated growth of the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer cell lines in culture. Responses of the estrogen-independent MDA-MB-231 cells both in serum-free medium and with 1% fetal bovine serum added were positively correlated with linoleic acid concentration ov...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rose DP,Connolly JM

更新日期：1989-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The 65 kDa C8-binding protein or homologous restriction factor (C8bp/HRF) protects cells from complement (C)-mediated lysis by binding to C8 and abrogating lytic channel formation. Human C8bp/HRF is shown here to be immunologically related to human C8 and C9 and to murine lymphocyte poreforming protein (PFP, perforin)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Young JD,Rosse WF,Hasselkus-Light CS

更新日期：1990-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:G-G base-paired hairpin DNA structures on template strands offer potential "road-blocks" to a traversing polymerase. Klenow polymerase (exo+) pauses while replicating through G-G base-paired hairpin DNA due to the generation of G-G:C triplex. However, exonuclease-deficient Klenow traverses through de novo generated G-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramanathan S,Chary KV,Rao BJ

更新日期：2002-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly identified human peptide, adrenomedullin (AM) increased cAMP levels with dose and time dependencies in a manner similar to that of human calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). The EC50 value of human AM is 2 x 10(-8) M which is slightly higher than that of CGRP (8.5 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishizaka Y,Ishizaka Y,Tanaka M,Kitamura K,Kangawa K,Minamino N,Matsuo H,Eto T

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary multiple exostoses (EXT) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is characterized by the appearance of multiple outgrowths of the long bones (exostoses) at their epiphyses. Genetical heterogeneities have segregated at least on chromosome 8, 11, and 19 and been designated EXT1, EXT2, and EXT3, respectively. R...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Saito T,Seki N,Yamauchi M,Tsuji S,Hayashi A,Kozuma S,Hori T

更新日期：1998-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Quercetin is the most abundant flavonoid and is assumed to have protective roles against the pathogenesis of multiple diseases associated with oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated the molecular mechanisms by which quercetin affects adipogenesis and apoptosis in 3T3-L1 cells. The exposure of 3T3-L1 p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn J,Lee H,Kim S,Park J,Ha T

更新日期：2008-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rbx1 and Rbx2 are essential components of Cullin-RING E3 Ligases. Vif is generally believed to preferentially recruit the Cul5-Rbx2 module to induce proteasomal degradation of antiretroviral enzyme APOBEC3G, although some investigators have found that the Cul5-Rbx1 module is recruited. Here, to investigate the functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Wang X,Wang W,Zhang J,Wang J,Wang C,Lv M,Zuo T,Liu D,Zhang H,Wu J,Yu B,Kong W,Wu H,Yu X

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES) is constitutively expressed in various cells and regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-1-dependent immediate PGE(2) generation. Its primary structure is identical to co-chaperone p23, a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding protein. We have revealed that Hsp90 regulated both cP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatani Y,Hokonohara Y,Kakuta S,Sudo K,Iwakura Y,Kudo I

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab5 is a GTP-binding protein that is crucial for endocytic machinery functions. We previously identified L-plastin as a binding protein for Rab5, using an affinity column with constitutively active Rab5. L- and T-plastin are isoforms of a plastin protein family belonging to actin-bundling proteins that are implicated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hagiwara M,Shinomiya H,Kashihara M,Kobayashi K,Tadokoro T,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00